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Discovery of Insulin Production Mechanism Can Lead to Better Treatment for Diabetes
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009
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How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Depression Increases Mortality for Diabetes Patients
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009
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Patients with diabetes and coexisting depression face substantially elevated mortality risks beyond cardiovascular deaths.
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Men Twice as Likely Not to Know They Have Diabetes
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009
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New research suggests men over 50 are nearly twice as likely to have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes than their female counterparts.
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Short Women at Greater Risk for Gestational Diabetes
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009
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Caucasian women with GDM are shorter than pregnant women without GDM regardless of the diagnostic criteria used or the severity of glucose intolerance.
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Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes Have Same Risk of Retinopathy
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
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The two factors most strongly associated with retinopathy at 10 years were impaired fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. A fasting blood glucose of 126mg/dL for the diagnosis of diabetes should be reevaluated.
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Diabetes on the Rise in the U.S.
Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009
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Diabetes cases are rising rapidly in the U.S., with the disease afflicting 11.3% of American adults as of the third quarter of 2009, according to a new Gallup survey. That's an increase from 10.4% measured in the first quarter of last year.
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Vegetables Protect Unborn Child Against Diabetes
Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009
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New evidence is emerging for how important it is for pregnant women to eat good, nutritious food. Expecting mothers who eat vegetables every day seem to have children who are less likely to develop Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Shellfish Can Raise Diabetes Risk
Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009
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A new U.K. study showed that eating white and oily fish regularly may provide protection against Type 2 diabetes but eating shellfish may have the opposite effect.
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In Early Pregnancy, Metabolic Syndrome Increases the Risk of Preterm Birth
Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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Women with metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy have a higher risk for preterm birth, according to study findings.
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Updated 2009 Diabetes Prevalence and Diagnosis in US by States
Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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The numbers are in and it looks like we have not improved and it will get worse.
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